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Re: Further Adventures of James GB
By:Jim Martin
Date: 6/16/2001, 10:15 am
In Response To: Further Adventures of James GB (James Neely)

: Well, the epoxy was hard and I was anxious to move on to the deck, since it's
: important not to leave the insides unglassed for too long. I learned
: something, (usually means an Oh Darn, but this wasn't too bad! ). I
: carefully unscrewed the uprights from one of the forms....CLUNK! The form
: dropped out....hmmmm. Of course! I had used staples and since they were
: all gone, there was nothing to hold the forms in the hull. Sure enough,
: CLUNK, CLUNK, CLUNK, they all fell out as I unscrewed them.

I faced the same problem and just to keep the forms square, I cut 2x2 braces between each form and screwed them in to hold everything together.
Good Luck

Messages In This Thread

Further Adventures of James GB
James Neely -- 6/15/2001, 4:41 pm
Re: Further Adventures of James GB
Mitch Isoe -- 6/17/2001, 2:48 pm
Re: Further Adventures of James GB
Jim Martin -- 6/16/2001, 10:15 am
Re: Further Adventures of James GB
John Monfoe -- 6/16/2001, 5:05 am